Socks + shoes fun... + more fun

Lately I got absolutely inspired by these gorgeous women, especially the shoe + sock combination

{photo credit: The Sartorialist}

Needless to say I am now into a rather cheesy shoe + sock madness.  

But that's not why I'm blogging today. I thought I'd share some of these crazy things that make me LOL as of late. Under any circumstance they're mostly called "Autocorrect Gone Wrong." If you own a smartphone you'll know what it means. Anyhow, here are a few of my recently viewed ones that are so freaking funny:

  

Sebastian's 4th Birthday At St. Mark's

Hola! 

How's it going with you guys???! I hope everyone's enjoying a perfect weather and some bacon, eggs and coffee as we speak, wherever part of the world you are now (why yes, if I may brag about it, I have a reader who hails from the UK, and another one from Korea who posted a comment a while back even though she was just probably trying to sell me something, I think....nevertheless she's A READER, in the true context of the word "reader". Riiiiight?! Other than that, there's the 3 of you who happen to be my sister, my aunt and my husband, thank you very much.) 

Well as for me, other than working part-time now (and actually enjoying the change of scenery) and running the household and attending to my family's needs, I've been a busy bee these past 3 weeks. My sweet cakies of a boy, Sebastian, is celebrating his 4th birthday on the 11th, and you guessed that right, we are going to have a partayyyy! And hold your horses, not just one, but two parties! When asked what kind of party he'd like, he said he's torn between CARS 2 and WONDER PETS (**Slapping my head for even asking in the first place** Huge mistake!) -- so what to do? We agreed to have both. 

His "real" birthday party is a CARS 2-themed party, hence this invite: {sorry had to blur out some details} --> enlarge this, it's cute!

More details and pictures on this one later, as soon as the celebration's over. But for now, let me share with you some precious moments when we celebrated in school today: 

Obviously the party in school is Wonder Pets-inspired. 

I started off by making his shirt that looked like this: 

FRONT 

BACK

Mommy also made Basti a Wonder Pets CAPE inspired by Linny the Guinea Pig: 

With these materials, 

I made this cape: 

MY WONDER LOVE, SEBASTIAN! 

For the classroom party, I baked some Snickerdoodles {recipe from my ultimate fave, Smitten Kitchen!}

The softest, yummiest, chewiest cookies ever to set foot on my palate! 

Which I put in this self-designed cake box: 

I also wrapped some wholesome healthy Organic Horizon milk with this matching wrappers I also made:

And each classmate will bring home a lil party favor which I made earlier. CDs with the kids' favorite nursery rhymes.  

Some photos taken inside the classroom:

He was actually thrilled to sit in the middle of everyone, wearing a special hat given by his teacher, Miss Hue

Feel free to enlarge photos! 

My chubby cheeks birthday boy

Blowing off the candle

More pics on my FB! 

Tata! 

Teacher Appreciation Week

This week is "Teacher Appreciation Week" at St. Mark's Preschool, so we made a few crafty presents for Sebastian's teachers. 

Loot bag with cute stuff in it:

Closer view of the tag:

What's inside the bag ----

Vanilla Cream Soda

Funny tag! 

Fortune cookies bought from Albertsons + Chinese take-out boxes from Hobby Lobby + a sweet tag

Homemade brownie cookies

That we bagged and tagged this way:

We also got pretty cups with the teacher's initial 

Then we attached this tag: 

All dressed up! Complete with a ribbon! 

Along with the tag, we also included a Jamba Juice gift card -- creative "juices", get it?! 

Starbucks gift card that we put on a handmade card that says "Thanks a LOT latte for all you do!" 

And lastly, got my favorite nuts from Starbucks

And affixed this cute message tag!

That's all! Hoping the teachers would adore it! 

Floral slouchy boots ::: revisited

This morning I met up with a few close friends - slash -sweet, beautiful people in the valley. We belatedly celebrated my birthday and I couldn't be happier having brunch with them. Super duper yummy food + great company = happy ME.  It's always always nice to just chat lightly, laugh nonsense and make fun of ourselves {and others too! eeek}, and for once not talk about problems/complaints/bitterness {no, I don't mean these friends in particular, definitely NOT! I'm referring to others in general. } This art print I found online says it all: 

source unknown. sorry! 

Well, don't you agree? 

Anyhow. While I was trying to decide what to wear for our brunch, I came across my old pair of floral slouchy boots from FREE PEOPLE which I bought about 3 years ago and have hardly ever worn! Imagine my glee when I sight them and instantly the entire outfit came together. It's crazy when that happens, because I felt like I've missed out on a lot of opportunities to wear them just because they were hidden in the farthest part of my closet. *sigh*. I used to love this pair, and I still do like it now! This is what it looks like worn by their model: 

And I wore it like this: {FEEL FREE TO ENLARGE!}

Worn with Kensie white see-through top and 

Urban Outfitters cut-off shorts

Happy Sunday, ya'all!

The one where I posted about nothing but Ryan Gosling

*SIGH*

First, he did THIS. 

And now THIS. 

Can you be more perfect, Gosling?! 

Hmmm....so I can make Sebastian look like a little Ryan in an instant! Check it out HERE. 

Oh and incidentally, there's this cute video that you all must watch. In fairness, the guy looks A TAD BIT like Ryan Gosling. Too funny! Watch it HERE. 

Have you seen Half-Nelson? If I have a crackhead teacher like that I won't mind going learning about history all day long! 

WIW ::: what i wore

With the entire blogsphere being flooded by photos of people's outfits, I can't help but make my own little 'WIW {what I wore}' portion in this tiny blog of mine. But I don't own a full length mirror, plus I honestly have no clue on how to do it right, and also, making a collage like THIS PREVIOUS ONE (and THIS, THIS, and THIS too) that I made for a friend seems more appealing to me as of this moment... 


Wanna see how crappy I do it? Proof!

Craving more crap? haha

So therefore I present to you 2 collage I made that pretty much describe what I wear on a daily basis, when doing important things - i.e., driving my 3 year old to school, and running errands like going to classy stores such as Target and Costco. Yea I'm so posh like that! lawlz.


I own a lot of colored jeans for spring so I stick to plain tops that are mostly black, white, off-white or gray. They somewhat neutralize the brightness of my bottoms. I'm also happy that I can now use my yellow Cambridge Satchel because the color is so spring-y!  

My Cambridge Satchel personalized with my name {never thought the day would come when I'll use it on a regular basis.}

These clothes, I wear when it's cold in the morning and gets warmer by noon. 

One thing that I could say is a staple on my everyday wardrobe is this initial necklace. 

The tiny round charms have Basti's initials SRA, it stands for his first and middle name, Sebastian Rhys. A is for our last name. The pendant on the right was gifted by my good friend Kaye on Basti's birthday.

So there. That's my own little WIW. Enjoy the rest of the week, lovelies!